Baghdad Thirudan is a 1960 Black-and-white

Black-and-white

Black-and-white, often abbreviated B/W or B&W, is a term referring to a number of monochrome forms in visual arts.Black-and-white as a description is also something of a misnomer, for in addition to black and white, most of these media included varying shades of gray...

 swashbuckler

Swashbuckler

Swashbuckler or swasher is a term that emerged in the 16th century and has been used for rough, noisy and boastful swordsmen ever since. A possible explanation for this term is that it derives from a fighting style using a side-sword with a buckler in the off-hand, which was applied with much...

 Tamil

Tamil language

Tamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...

 film produced and directed by T. R. Sundaram

T. R. Sundaram

Tiruchengodu Ramalingam Sundaram was a Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada and Sinhalese film actor, director and iconic film producer...

. The film starred M. G. Ramachandran

M. G. Ramachandran

Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....

 and Vyjayanthimala

Vyjayanthimala

Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....

 in the lead with M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar

M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...

, T. R. Ramachandran

T. R. Ramachandran

T. R. Ramachandran was a Tamil actor and comedian who played memorable roles in movies from the 1940s to the 1960s.- Filmography :...

, T. S. Balaiah, S. A. Ashokan, M. N. Rajam, A. Sandhya and S. N. Lakshmi forms an ensemble cast

Ensemble cast

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. Though the film was a remake of 1924 silent film

Silent film

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 The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad (1924 film)

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 but it was inspired by 1951 Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis

Tony Curtis was an American film actor whose career spanned six decades, but had his greatest popularity during the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in over 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama...

-starrer, The Prince Who Was A Thief.

Plot

MGR is the son of the Maharaja and the Maharani of the kingdom. Following the betrayal of the Prime Minister, parents are murdered and the child is hidden in a herd of cows. It will be collected by the robbers hid in the forest. MGR grew and became head of the band. As for the couple of impostors sat on the throne, they had a daughter and have had a child servant, as the son who survived the death of the former royal couple. A majority, so that's not true prince should take place on the throne. MGR, a sort of Robin Hood robs the rich to give to the poor and go after many adventures from which to reconquer his kingdom.

Cast

• M. G. Ramachandran
  M. G. Ramachandran
  Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran , popularly known by his initials , was an Indian film actor, director, producer and politician....
  
   as Ali
• Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala
  Vyjayanthimala Bali is an Indian film actress, Bharathanatyam dancer, carnatic singer, dance choreographer, golfer and a Parliamentarian....
  
   as Zarina
• M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar
  M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar M. N. Nambiar ( (born Manjeri Narayanan Nambiar 7 March 1919 — 19 November 2008) was a film actor in Tamil cinema and had been in the film industry for more than 50 years.-Biography:...
  
  
• T. R. Ramachandran
  T. R. Ramachandran
  T. R. Ramachandran was a Tamil actor and comedian who played memorable roles in movies from the 1940s to the 1960s.- Filmography :...
  
  
• T. S. Balaiah
• S. A. Ashokan
• M. N. Rajam
• A. Sandhya
• S. N. Lakshmi
• M. S. S. Pakiyam
• K. S. Angamuthu
• Gopi Krishna
  Gopi Krishna (dancer)
  Gopi Krishna was an Indian dancer, actor and choreographer.- Life and career :Gopi Krishna was born into a family of Kathak dancers. His maternal grandfather Pandit Sukhdev Maharaj was a teacher of Kathak and his aunt Sitara Devi is a Kathak dancer who has performed around the world...
  
   in an item number
  Item number
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• Helen
  Helen (actress)
  Helen Jairag Richardson is an Indian film actress and dancer of Anglo-Burmese descent, working in Hindi films. She is often cited as the most popular dancer of the item number in her time. She was the inspiration for four films and a book.-Early life and background:Helen was born in Burma on 21...
  
   in an item number
  Item number
  An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in very revealing clothes, to lend support to the marketability of the film...
  
  
• Padmini Priyadarshini in an item number
  Item number
  An item number or an item song, in Indian cinema, is a musical performance that has little to do with the film in which it appears, but is presented to showcase beautiful dancing women in very revealing clothes, to lend support to the marketability of the film...
  
  

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was compose by T. Govindarajulu Naidu

T. Govindarajulu Naidu

T. Govindarajulu Naidu was an acclaimed music director in the olden days of the south indian film industry. He is senior to the other great music directors such as G. Ramanathan , S. V. Venkatraman and S. M. Subbaiah Naidu. He composed music fror Tamil and Telugu movies.His family stayed in...

 with the lyrics were penned by Maruthakasi. The album had T. M. Soundararajan, P. Susheela

P. Susheela

Pulapaka Susheela is an Indian playback singer. In a career spanning more than four decades, she has recorded songs in many Indian languages including Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Hindi, Bengali, Oriya, Sanskrit, Tulu, Badaga and Sinhalese.-Personal life:She is the daughter of Pulapaka...

, Jikki

Jikki

Pillavalu Gajapathi Krishnaveni aka Jikki , was a popular film playback singer from South India. She sang over nearly 10,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and Sinhala languages.-Early life:...

, Jamuna Rani

Jamuna Rani

K. Jamuna Rani is a prolific Indian Playback singer who has sung over 6,000 songs in Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam and Sinhala languages....

 and Pendyala Nageswara Rao

Pendyala Nageswara Rao

Pendyala Nageswara Rao was a popular drama actor, singer and music director in Telugu Film Industry for over 25 years from early 1950s to late 1970s. He has composed music for many successful Telugu movies during that period.-Early life:He was born at Vanukuru near Vijayawada and later shifted to...

 as the singers.

• "Vetti Kollum Vaal"
• "Siricha Podhum"
• "Azhagu Laila"
• "Enthen Kathai"
• "Kanneerin Vellam"
• "Oru Jil Jil"
• "Sokkudhe Manam"
• "Veenilyenno Vedhanai"
• "Yaarukku Dimmiki"

External links

• Baghdad Thirudan profile at Upperstall.com
  Upperstall.com
  Upperstall.com is a web site on Indian cinema that focuses on classic and independent Indian cinema and its luminaries. It is owned and run by Karan Bali, Saumil Gandhi and Karan Anshuman and launched on 7 July 2000, heralding the 104th anniversary of the first ever motion picture screenings in India...